Featured
Experiencing FOMO As A Sober Foodie
Resolving The Desire To Try New Flavors While Living With Addiction
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Personal
I Ruined Portland, Oregon
A food scene, foodie culture, and the death of Old Portland Background On a rather chilly February morning, Elise and I got into an unreasonably long line to wait at one of the more popular doughnut establishments (not the pink Read more…
Food Songs
Childish Gambino and American Diners
Utilizing Familiar Settings For Effective VisualStyle
Right now, hardly anyone is hotter than Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino. Showing his talents as an actor, a stand-up comedian, and a musician, he seemingly can do it all. Because of the current political climate, Gambino’s This Is America song and video has certainly struck a chord with people of all ages. While Glover has mostly left the video to the rest of us to interpret, the internet has analyzed it to great extent. This is just the latest in a series of brilliant collaborations between Glover and director Hiro Murai. In two of their previous music videos, they use a familiar restaurant setting that really lets Gambino’s character shine: the American diner.
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Personal
A Monk And His Pea
A Poem About The Father Of Modern Genetics
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk and farmer who studied variations in over 5,000 pea plants between 1856 and 1863 that became the basis of the rules of heredity and inheritance in genetics. In ninth grade biology class, I wrote a silly poem about him called A Monk And His Pea. (more…)
General
I Was On TV!
Back in September, my friend Mikaela Pfeifer and I shared the counter of Le Pigeon with TV host Andrew Zimmern. It finally aired this week, and the segment we’re in appears at the 19-minute mark:
Etiquette
The Best Place To Sit At A Chinese Banquet Table
Navigating Tradition and Logistics to Increase Odds of Getting Hot and Tasty Food
